30 June - 01 July 2011

Course Objective

This is a two-day program offering a comprehensive overview on the multidisciplinary management of obesity patients and it is dedicated to physicians, surgeons and allied healthcare professionals. This course will consist of lectures by outstanding local and overseas experts who will discuss the most recent advances of medical and surgical treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome. We will focus on the technical aspect of laparoscopic obesity surgery through a multidisciplinary approach on the most commonly performed surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity (gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric banding, etc). There will be an intense discussion on: preoperative management, prevention and management of complications, and practical technical issues to improve the clinical outcomes.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Identify selection criteria for laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
• Describe technical aspects of the surgical techniques which may
  improve perioperative and postoperative outcome.
• List the common complications after bariatric surgery.
• Describe the management of complications after bariatric surgery.
• Identify important elements necessary to start and maintain a
  successful bariatric surgery program.

Who Should Attend

Programme

Course Fees

	Full Day Programme	Lecture + Live Surgery
NUH/NHG/NUS staff	S$ 1200	S$ 500
Others	S$ 1500	S$ 700
Course fees are inclusive of 7% GST and non-commissionable.

*This fee is applicable to ELSA Member (Singapore Chapter) and NUH/ NHG/ NUS Staff NHG Medical Officers and Registrars can use their Personal Training Account for this course. Cheque is to be made payable to “National University Hospital (S) Pte Ltd” and on the reverse side of the cheque, please indicate "Basic Laparoscopic Surgery”.

Cheque should be made payable to“National University Hospital (S) Pte Ltd”

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